Sleep-disordered breathing and the risk of Alzheimer's disease

C Liguori, M Maestri, M Spanetta, F Placidi… - Sleep medicine …, 2021 - Elsevier
Sleep-disordered breathing is highly prevalent in the elderly population. Obstructive sleep
apnea (OSA) represents the most common sleep disorder among the adult and elderly …

[HTML][HTML] Gender differences in the context of obstructive sleep apnea and metabolic diseases

FO Martins, SV Conde - Frontiers in Physiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and endocrine and metabolic
disease is unequivocal. OSA, which is characterized by intermittent hypoxia and sleep …

Sleep quality in times of Covid-19 pandemic

J Pinto, M van Zeller, P Amorim, A Pimentel, P Dantas… - Sleep medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Due to the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) disease outbreak, social
distancing measures were imposed to control the spread of the pandemic. However …

[HTML][HTML] A portrait of obstructive sleep apnea risk factors in 27,210 middle-aged and older adults in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

C Thompson, J Legault, G Moullec, M Baltzan… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Determining the prevalence and characteristics of individuals susceptible to present with
obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is essential for developing targeted and efficient prevention …

[HTML][HTML] Obstructive sleep apnea and cognitive decline: a review of potential vulnerability and protective factors

J Legault, C Thompson, MÈ Martineau-Dussault… - Brain Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Around 40% of dementia risk is attributable to modifiable risk factors such as physical
inactivity, hypertension, diabetes and obesity. Recently, sleep disorders, including …

[HTML][HTML] The Yin and Yang of ACE/ACE2 pathways: the rationale for the use of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors in COVID-19 patients

L Zamai - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
The article describes the rationale for inhibition of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS)
pathways as specific targets in patients infected by SARS-CoV-2 in order to prevent positive …

[HTML][HTML] Peripheral biomarkers to diagnose obstructive sleep apnea in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis

LS Gaspar, A Santos-Carvalho, B Santos… - Sleep Medicine …, 2022 - Elsevier
Summary Background Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) has been recognized as a major
health concern worldwide, given its increasing prevalence, difficulties in diagnosis and …

[HTML][HTML] Smoking and obstructive sleep apnea: Is there an association between these cardiometabolic risk factors?—gender analysis

D Ioannidou, G Kalamaras, SC Kotoulas, A Pataka - Medicina, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background and Objectives: Studies have tried to establish a relationship between
Obstructive Sleep Apnea syndrome (OSA) and smoking but data still remain controversial …

[HTML][HTML] PSG-Audio, a scored polysomnography dataset with simultaneous audio recordings for sleep apnea studies

G Korompili, A Amfilochiou, L Kokkalas, SA Mitilineos… - Scientific data, 2021 - nature.com
The sleep apnea syndrome is a chronic condition that affects the quality of life and increases
the risk of severe health conditions such as cardiovascular diseases. However, the …

Prevalence and predictors of sleep‐disordered breathing in chronic heart failure: the SchlaHF‐XT registry

M Arzt, O Oldenburg, A Graml, J Schnepf… - ESC Heart …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a condition with increasing
prevalence. Sleep‐disordered breathing (SDB) is an important co‐morbidity in HFpEF. The …